The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun

For 2 years I taught ESL to elementary school students in South Korea. Although I'm glad to be back in the United States, I miss my students. They loved watching Youtube videos between classes or during lunch.
Read 2 books, each from a different option.

Required: Post the options you chose.

My students' top 5 Youtube videos:
1. Uh-Huh Slow , Uh-Huh Fast
The fast version is by far the most popular video for every grade! My students would be in fits and giggles by the middle, and falling out of their chair laughing by the end. I didn't think it was that funny, but my students would beg to watch it again and again.

Since this was really 2 similar videos, read a book that focuses on 2 main characters that are the same sex. It should be clear in the Goodreads description that the book is about 2 boys or 2 girls.
For example:

For example:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Someone Like You, Animal Farm, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, The Chosen, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, A Separate Peace, Firefly Lane

2. People are Awesome
The boys loved this video! I'd hear 'Hull' (Korean slang) and 'Whoa!' when the baseball player rotates the bat, or the guy with 3 basketballs removes his hat.
Read a fiction or non-fiction book featuring one of the sports or activities in this video: special olympics, rollerblading, basketball, soccer, biking, gymnastics, daredevil stunts, tennis, bowling, skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, baseball, diving, golfing, karate, table tennis.

Required: If not in the Goodreads description, please let us know what sport or activity.

3. This Too Shall Pass
Many of my students had never seen a Rube Goldberg Machine! Although they had no idea what the song was about or who OK Go! was, they loved this video. After the 3rd or 4th time watching they asked the meaning of "This Too Shall Pass."
Since it's a video about letting things go, read a book by a deceased author.
Required: Post the author's date of death

4. A Day in the Life of a Korean Student
Eventually my students will become this! As High School students they will attend public school and private 'hagwons' (after school private schools) 12-18 hours every day, including weekends.
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about North or South Korea Or a book that has a main character attending High School full-time; the book should be set during the school year, but does not have to involve school.
For example,Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (North Korea) Please Look After Mom (South Korea), Twilight (in school)

5. Annoying Orange
After watching this video the boys would greet me with "Wasssabi!" The girls had fun with the adjective 'annoying', and most students learned the names of various fruits!
Read a book with a fruit on the cover or a fruit in the title/subtitle/author's name. Plurals and possessives are ok, but nothing else. Here's a list of fruits, and tomato will be considered a fruit since Koreans eat it that way! If doing the cover option, please post a link to the cover.

This help thread is open!

for option one are you stating that the have to be the same sex or they have to be two KIDS of the same sex (I'm clarifying the "boys or girls" portion of the wording).

I'd like to read Safe Harbor but, they are adults obviously.

thanks

I wanted to check my two choices.

Option 5:
Fallen

and Option 6:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

option 1 will The Daughters work and for option 4 Before I Fall

Would the following book work for option 4?

And this book for option 5?

Marcia wrote: "I wanted to check my two choices.

Option 5:
Fallen

and Option 6:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Option 6? I think you posted on the wrong help thread!"

Haha!!! No sorry I meant option 4 and 5 :) Everything always has 6 options so I just took a quick guess :) Would they work for option 4 &5?

I see where you mentioned only two not more so for option 1 can I use Prophecy of the Sisters and The Daughters for option 4

Ok....I must say the Uh Huh Fast video made me laugh and I watched it twice :)

Does Chasing Perfect work for option 2?

The GRs info doesn't say much but here is an excerpt from RomanceNovelNews.com review:

A retired Tour de France winner, he has the reputation of a womanizer. So what does the perfect male specimen see in a plain-Jane like Charity? Well the seemingly confident business owner and local hero is dealing with his own issues. After witnessing his friend die during a tragic bike race accident, Josh can no longer race due to debilitating panic attacks. Rather than face his fears, he retires from the circuit.

Dlmrose,
your students must be easily entertained. I did like the wassabi one though. That was funny.

For option 4, does it have to be set in the USA or another country that uses the term 'high school', or can it be any 15-18 year old who is attending school full time?

I just wanted to check if A Mango-Shaped Space would be okay for Option 5... Hyphenated and all...

want to check on a couple books.
option 1: How to Save a Life

option 4: Purity
or
Special Topics in Calamity Physics

thanks!

Have you posted points you have earned in the Completed Tasks thread? I think my points have been credited to you, but I wanted to be sure before I posted to get it fixed. (This probably wasn't the right place to post. Sorry!)

Marcia wrote: "Maria wrote: "Have you posted points you have earned in the Completed Tasks thread? I think my points have been credited to you, but I wanted to be sure before I posted to get it fixed. (This prob..."

Thank you!

Maria wrote: "Have you posted points you have earned in the Completed Tasks thread? I think my points have been credited to you, but I wanted to be sure before I posted to get it fixed. (This probably wasn't th..."

Please post this type of question in the ?/problems threads so that I will be sure to see them and can fix the problem. Thanks!

Sandy wrote: "Maria wrote: "Have you posted points you have earned in the Completed Tasks thread? I think my points have been credited to you, but I wanted to be sure before I posted to get it fixed. (This prob..."

Would you like me to do that now?

Maria wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Maria wrote: "Have you posted points you have earned in the Completed Tasks thread? I think my points have been credited to you, but I wanted to be sure before I posted to get it fix..."

No, I saw that here and have fixed it. But if you don't post in the ?/problems thread, you do take the chance that I won't notice it - that's where I look for problems. ;)

Your descriptions are really funny :).

Would A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream count for the annoying Orange?
Because there is "vine" in the title (sort of), and there is also a bunch of grapes on my German cover (upper right corner):

Marcia wrote: "SilverRaindrops wrote: "Your descriptions are really funny :).

Would A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream count for the annoying Orange?
Because there is "vine" in the title (sort of), an..."

Yay! Thanks :).

Marcia, does biking refer specifically to bicyle racing or can it be touring by bicycle as in A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar?

Thanks, Marcia. I'd have looked for something else if necessary, but this was on my library holds list.

Will Death by the Dozen work for option 1?

Marcia, I am going to withdraw A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar. There is precious little bicycling in it, except for the chapter headings. I'll look for something else. It's a good book, but doesn't fit the spirit of the task.

I know there isn't much info on this book but I was wondering if Great Giants Stories Every Young Fan Should Know would be ok for option 2? It's a non-fiction book with some history of the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

Great thank you! I came across it in a local bookstore today, and had never seen so little info on a book page before so thought I should ask :)

How about The Chaperone for option 1?

This is a last minute question, I know, but I'm wondering about Song of the Sparrow for option 1. The flap description only lists it being about Elaine and the Gwynivere arrives. Just wondering!